Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Denis Naughten has said the farmers subsiding there business with EU payments is not sustainable.

Speaking in the Dail, the Minister pointed to an article in the Farming Independent which said Brexit will force farmers to look at competition issues and how efficient beef production is in this country compared to other European and international players.

“Colleagues in the House from rural Ireland will know that the vast majority of suckler farmers are using the payments they get from Brussels to subsidise farming practices.